Traffic congestion is the top public grievance in Taipei City, a poll conducted by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilors found yesterday.
More than 49 percent of Taipei residents polled said they were dissatisfied with the level of traffic congestion in the city, while 19 percent said the over-priced housing market was their biggest grievance, the poll published by DPP Taipei City Councilor Yen Sheng-kuan (顏聖冠) and Hung Chien-yi (洪健益) showed.
The poll interviewed 1,073 residents above 20 years of age between Thursday and Friday and listed the top 10 public grievances in Taipei City.
“If you include those dissatisfied with the MRT Neihu Line, insufficient parking lots and poor road quality, more than 80 percent of Taipei residents were upset about the traffic situation,” Hung said yesterday at the Taipei City Council.
The top 10 public grievances included traffic congestion, an over-priced housing market, high commodity prices, unemployment, frequent malfunctions on the MRT Neihu Line, insufficient parking space, uneven roads, frequent road construction, poor public order and low salaries.
“There are, for example, more than 300 manholes along Dadu Road ... We expect Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) to listen to people’s voices and stop feeling good about his municipal team,” Yen said.
In response, Taipei City Government Spokeswoman Chao Hsin-ping (趙心屏) said that the public transportation system in Taipei City was better than in other cities and counties, adding that the city government would seek to solve traffic congestion.
Chao blamed residents’ grievances about housing and commodity prices on the “overall environment,” while calling on residents to be patient with the frequent road construction and poor road quality, as the city government is working to improve road quality with the “Smooth Road Project” (路平專案), which aims to complete resurfacing work on 77 roads this year.
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